Lampshade packing and shipping device



Nov. 5, 1957 plNK LAME-SHADE PACKING AND SHIPPING. DEVICE ,Filed Feb.28, 1955 INVENTOR.

AFI'ORNEYS United States Patent LAMPSHADE PACKING AND SHIPPING DEVICEApplication February 28, 1955, Serial No. 490,886

2 Claims. (Cl. 206-65) The present invention relates to lampshadepacking and shipping devices, and more particularly, to devices toprevent damage to nested lampshades.

In the packing and shipping of lamp shades, considerable ditficulty hasbeen experienced in devising a means to keep the shades properly spacedto avoid damage caused by one shade rubbing against the others. Usuallythe shades are nested when packed for shipment and tend to wedgetogether. The present invention solves both these difficulties in a verysimple, efiicient and inexpensive manner and makes possible the shippingof a large number of shades in a single carton.

Essentially, the invention comprises a number of preferably cylindricalslotted sections of at least two different diameters, one adapted totelescope within the other, the sections being themselves maintained ina fixed spaced relation by portions of the lamp shade structure, therebymaintaining the shades in a nested, spaced relation to each other.

Other and further objects and advantages of this invention will becomemore apparent from a consideration of the following specification whenread in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure l is a sectional view through a shipping carton, showing a numberof lamp shades packed in said carton, the shades being shown partly inelevation and partly broken away.

Figure 2 is an exploded view of a series of spacers constituting thepresent invention, the spacers being shown in perspective.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3--3 of Figure 1,looking in the direction of the arrows, with parts broken away.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modified form of theinvention.

Now, referring to the drawing, in which like reference numerals indicatelike parts throughout the several figures, the reference numeralindicates generally a lamp shade shipping carton in which lamp shadesare shipped.

An elongated tubular base member 11 is positioned within the carton 10and is adapted to receive telescopically a shorter cylindrical member12. The member 12 is slotted as at 13, with the slot extending asubstantial distance through the member 12 in a horizontal direction. Alamp shade 14 having a rib frame 15 at the upper end thereof ispositioned with the frame 15 extending through the slot 13 of the member12, as disclosed in Figure 3 of the drawing. A second cylindrical spacermember 16, having an internal diameter substantially equal to theexternal diameter of the spacer member 12 is telescoped thereover, withthe bottom edge 18 of the member 16 engaging the frame 15 of the lampshade 14. The spacer member 16 is slotted as at 17, in the same manneras the spacer member 12, and is adapted to support another lamp shade 14having the frame 15 thereof extending through the slot 17.

In the use and operation of this device, alternate spacer members 12 and16 are telescopically positioned in extended position relative to oneanother with the frames 15 of the respective lamp shades 14 positionedwithin the respective slots 13 and 17 thereof, so as to form a nestedstack of spaced lamp shades 14 resting on the base member 11 and allcontained within the carton 10.

The lampshades 14 are both vertically and horizontally spaced by thespacer members 12 and 16 so that neither the frames 15 nor any otherparts of adjacent shades 14 contact each other. This, of course,prevents the shades 14 from having a damaging rubbing contact or frombeing jammed together in an unspaced nested stack during packing andshipping thereof.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, a modified form of the invention isdisclosed wherein equispaced parallel slots 19 extend inwardly of atubular member 20 and the lampshade frame 15 is adapted to be receivedtherein in nesting arrangement in the same manner as is disclosed inFigure 1. It should be understood that a multiplicity of the tubularmembers 20 will be provided in sizes to permit telescoping as in Figure1.

Having thus described the preferred embodiments of the invention, itshould be understood that minor modifications and changes may beresorted to without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination a lamp shade having a frame including ribs positionedtherein, a support for said shade com prising a container having atubular member positioned vertically in said container, a short tubularmember of lesser diameter than the first tubular member seated in theend of the first tubular member, said short tubular member having a slotextending circumferentially partially around it, the ribs on the framebeing positioned in the slot, a second short tubular member having adiameter greater than that of the last named tubular member and having aslot therein, said second tubular member positioned over the first namedshort tubular member and having its lower end seated on the said ribsand further telescoping short and slotted tubular members stacked oneabove the other and seated on ribs positioned in the slots of thetubular members.

2. The invention as claimed in claim 1, wherein some of the shorttubular members have vertically extending slots at their ends in whichthe said ribs are positioned.

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